| gokoon said: The USA is the BEST country in the world. The US has 3% of the worlds population and yet we are 25% percent of the worlds economy. The state of California has a bigger economy than france. We are the richest most powerful country in the world. AKA best county in the world. And everything good that other countries have the US has it and more. |
That's not actually true. France's is still slightly higher, although they are very close.
And simply because a country has more money than another country doesn't mean it is a better country. I don't think I would want to live in a world where that is true.
And also, a country that has more power isn't necessarily a better country. Russia had almost as much power as the U.S. throughout much of the Cold War. Germany might have been more powerful than the U.S. by itself during WW2.
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